Creation of the English-language versions of the articles published in the „Białostockie Studia Prawnicze” [Białystok Legal Studies] funded under the contract no. 548/P-DUN/2016 and 548/1/P-DUN/2016 from resources of the Minister of Science and Higher Education dedicated to the popularisation of science.

Stworzenie anglojęzycznych wersji wydawanych publikacji w „Białostockich Studiach Prawniczych” finansowane w ramach umowy 548/P-DUN/2016 i 548/1/P-DUN/2016 ze środków Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.

Spis treści


1. Introduction
   

ELECTION LAW AND ALTERNATIVE VOTING METHODS


2. MAGDALENA MUSIAŁ-KARG
   Alternative Voting Methods Through the Example of Postal Voting and E-Voting in Switzerland
   
3. ANNA PACZEŚNIAK
   Compulsory Votnig as the Solution to Low Electoral Turnout – the Treatment Worse than the Disease?
   
4. ELŻBIETA KUŻELEWSKA
   Compulsory Voting in Belgium. A Few Remarks on Mandatory Voting
   
5. STANISŁAW BOŻYK
   The Direct Election of the Prime Minister in Israel’s Constitutional System (1992-2001)
   
6. ADAM SZYMAŃSKI
   Changes in Presidential Election Law in Turkey – Progress in the Democratisation Process?
   
7. ADAM R. BARTNICKI
   Elections to the State Duma in the Russian Federation 1993-2011
   
8. KATARZYNA SZYMCZYK
   The Electoral System, Active Electoral Rights and the Role of the Electorate in the Islamic Republic of Iran
   
9. ANNA DOLIWA-KLEPACKA
   The President of the European Council – from Rotation to Election
   
10. CEZARY KULESZA
    Systems of Selection and Appointment of Judges and the Issue of Judicial Independence: American, English and German Experiences
    
11. IZABELA KRAŚNICKA
    The Systems of Selecting State Judges in the USA
    
12. DARIUSZ KUŻELEWSKI
    The Election of Lay Judges and the Principle of Participation by Citizenry in the Administration of Criminal Justice
    
13. EWA M. GUZIK-MAKARUK, EWELINA WOJEWODA
    Offences Against Elections and Referenda – Selected Legal, Criminal and Criminological Aspects
    
14. AGNIESZKA PIEKUTOWSKA
    Voting Rights for Immigrants. Reflections on the Background of EU Citizenship
    
15. IWONA WROŃSKA
    Procedure of Appointing Members of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture And Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
    
16. ANETA GIEDREWICZ-NIEWIŃSKA
    Industrial Democracy and Involvement of Employees in the Societas Europaea
    
17. BARTŁOMIEJ MICHALAK
    Conclusions and Recommendations (Not Only) De Lege Ferenda After the Crisis in the Polish Local Elections of 2014
    
18. ANNA BUDNIK, MARTA J. CZUBKOWSKA
    The Role of the Electoral Commissioner in the Division of Municipalities Into Constituencies
    
19. MARCIN RACHWAŁ
    Evolution of Election Law in the Senate of the Third Republic of Poland
    
20. ANDRZEJ JACKIEWICZ
    Postal Voting and Voting by Proxy as an Alternative Voting Methods in the Light of the Electoral Code in Poland
    
21. KAMILA M. BEZUBIK, ARTUR OLECHNO
    Could the Election Deposit Become an Electoral Qualification? Remarks on the Example of the Election of Head of State
    
22. PAULA WIŚNIEWSKA
    The Mechanism of Quota in the Light of Electoral Code Regulations Introduced in 2011
    
23. BEATA ROGUSKA, JAROSŁAW ZBIERANEK
    Opinions of the Poles about Postulated Changes in Electoral Law
    

REVIEWS


24. Review of the book: Amanda Bittner and Royce Koop (eds.), Parties, Elections And The Future Of Canadian Politics University of British Columbia Press, Vancouver 2013 (Stanisław Bożyk)
    
25. Review of the book: Bogdan Mucha, Finansowanie Kampanii Wyborczych Do Legislatur Stanowych W Systemie Federalnym Stanów Zjednoczonych [Financing of Electoral Campaigns to State Legislatures in the Federal System of USA] Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2010 (Krzysztof Prokop)
    
26. Review of the book: Anna Pacześniak, Europeizacja Polskich Partii Politycznych [Europeanization Of Polish Political Parties] Wydawnictwo Naukowe Scholar, Warszawa 2014 (Wojciech Gagatek)